Preferring
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Preferring - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
PREFER'RING, ppr. Regarding above others; advancing to a higher station; offering; presenting.
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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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